Re: [CGUYS] Internet broadcasters and royalties

2007-07-01 Thread mike
The comparison of the two is not even near fair. By the time alias hit that 30 dollar price it had already made all it's money and buckets more. All the 30 dollar dvd sales were gravy. By the time the audio cd hit it's 12 dollar point (it's release date) it had made zero. I don't disagree

Re: [CGUYS] Internet broadcasters and royalties

2007-07-01 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jul 1, 2007, at 10:54 AM, Tony B wrote: I think the ultimate solution is to outlaw lobbying and lobbyists. If politicians need help forming an opinion, they should poll their constituents, not go to a free lunch with lobbyists. Since our manufacturing base has been moving to other

[CGUYS] iPhone/iPod [Was: Internet broadcasters and royalties

2007-07-01 Thread Tom Piwowar
Is there a price above that are not willing to pay for an item or service? Note that I'm not talking about an iPhone, where economic sanity cannot be obtained at any price. But hey, so be it; $500 of my money is still snuggly tucked away in my bank account and I don't feel any lesser for it. If

Re: [CGUYS] Internet broadcasters and royalties

2007-07-01 Thread Site Guy
I remember a quote from somebody on PBS, sorry I can't remember who. But here it is anyway: Never assume that the rich have your [non-rich] best interest in mind. - Original Message - From: Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007

Re: [CGUYS] PDF Printing Problem

2007-07-01 Thread Stephen Brownfield
Tom, Does this mean that if I want to make a pdf file on my Mac for someone else, I should use the Print option of Save pdf as PostScript? Steve Tom Piwowar wrote: This is why I tell my professional clients to stick to genuine PostScript -- to avoid PostScript clones. HP

[CGUYS] down with norton

2007-07-01 Thread rlsimon
now that I redid my dead HDD with a new 120gb 7200 one with more memory (1gb from prior 256) and usb2 (was 1.1) I have been fiddling with norton which, after all efforts, installs fine but will not perform live update of any of it including virus defs which is sooo lame ...I have it working fine

Re: [CGUYS] down with norton

2007-07-01 Thread mike
Something good and something everyone should do and yesterday. Mike On 7/1/07, rlsimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now that I redid my dead HDD with a new 120gb 7200 one with more memory (1gb from prior 256) and usb2 (was 1.1) I have been fiddling with norton which, after all efforts, installs